Bishop Alfonso Mesía de Tovar †

Deceased

Bishop of Astorga, Spain

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1566¹		Born
18 Jun 1612	46.4	Appointed	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
21 Sep 1612	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Mondoñedo, Spain
27 Feb 1616	50.1	Appointed	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
13 Jul 1636	70.5	Died	Bishop of Astorga, Spain

Note(s): ¹ Year Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Alfonso Mesía de Tovar
Bishop Alfonso Mesía de Tovar
(born 1566, died 13 Jul 1636)
Bishop of Astorga

Event Place
Birth Place Villacastín
Ordained Bishop Madrid, Archdiocese of Toledo

a bishop for 23.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bernardo Cardinal de Rojas y Sandoval †
Archbishop of Toledo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Juan Alvarez de Caldas †
Bishop of Ávila
Bishop Francisco de Sosa, O.F.M. †
Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bernardo Cardinal de Rojas y Sandoval † (1586)
Archbishop of Toledo
Rodrigo Cardinal de Castro Osorio (de Lemos) † (1574)
Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}
Bishop Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela † (1572)
Bishop of Cuenca
Diego Cardinal Espinosa Arévalo †
Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio

Event	Place
Birth Place	Villacastín
Ordained Bishop	Madrid, Archdiocese of Toledo

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q60040500

Source(s):

bp/ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 119
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 98, and Page 243
b/c2+: Episcopologio Español, Volume 1,500, Page 128, Number 820
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1612, Number 22
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 63, Number 4,858

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a bishop for 23.8 years	Principal Consecrator: Bernardo Cardinal de Rojas y Sandoval † Archbishop of Toledo Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Juan Alvarez de Caldas † Bishop of Ávila Bishop Francisco de Sosa, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Bernardo Cardinal de Rojas y Sandoval † (1586) Archbishop of Toledo Rodrigo Cardinal de Castro Osorio (de Lemos) † (1574) Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville} Bishop Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela † (1572) Bishop of Cuenca Diego Cardinal Espinosa Arévalo † Cardinal-Priest of Santo Stefano al Monte Celio